Lard compund.



1 JOHN GEORGE a. reams.

UNIT D STATES Patented September 8, 1903,

PATENT OFFICE,

SCHEINERT, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES E. CALM, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

LARD coMP-ouNo.

$PECIFIOATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 738,702, dated September 8, 1903.

Application filed February 12 1903.

To all whom it may concern.- I

Be it known that I, J OHN GEORGE SoHEI- NERT, a citizen of the United States,residing atChicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Composition of Matter tobe Used in the Manufac-. ture of Lard Compound, of which the following is a specification.

Lard compounds made from beef stearine, lard stearine, tallow, cotton-seed oil, and'paraf- I fin for use as a shortening and as a substitute for lard as now made are open to the ob? jection of not having the hardness or firmness of good refined lard and of becoming soft, oily, and rancid in the summer months, thereby detracting from their Value both as a commercial article and for use; p

The object of my invention is to make a a lard compound which will be hard and will so remain under summer-weather temperature without becoming soft, oily, and rancid I and which will be more palatable, wholesome,

and cheaper, and this purpose I accomplish by adding to ordinary lard compounds as a hardening ingredient Chinese wax, alsoknown as Pela wax, or Japanese wax, using either of these waxes alone or both of them combined added to lard compounds as heretofore made a in varying proportions or quantity,according as to whether the lard compound is to be put up or made for summer or winter use.

Chinese or Pela wax is a product of an insect, (Coccus Oemlferua) which product is dea posited on the branch of a tree, (Fram'nus Ohi7L68i-S.) This wax is of a white color, odor less and tasteless, and is absolutely harmless to health, containing principally when analyzed chemically ceryl cerotatea l which melting-point is above that of the heat of ordinary summer weather. Either of these waxes or a combination of the two when em- Serial No. 143,000. (No pecimens.)

serious defect in lard compounds when subjected to a high'temperature or when usedfor culinarypurposes. i -Lard compounds having therein as an in gredient thereof either Chinese wax or J apanese wax or a combination of the two waxes requires less percentage of stearine to beused as compared with the amount of stearine at present employed in the manufacture of lard compounds, reducing the amount of stearine,

in addition to the production of a lard com pound having a higher degree of resistance as regards the withstanding of heat, and pre venting burning and giving off disagreeable odors, making a better, cheaper, and more desirable product, and one which will be harder, keep better even in cold weather, and which will not in keeping become soft, oily, or rancid in warm weather, particularly in hot or summer weather, rendering the product more suitable as a substitute for leaf-lard forshort ening and other use.

The amount or quantity of wax employed can be varied to suit the requirements for use as a winter or summer lard compound or otherwise. A composition for a production of a lard compound suitable for winter use can be made from the following ingredients in substantially the proportion namedthat is to say, Chinese wax, eight parts; Japanese wax, two parts; lard stearine or beef stearine, four parts; tallow, two parts; cotton-seed oil, eighty-four parts, and these ingredients when brought together will result in the production of a lard compound suitable for winter-time. A composition for theproduction of a lard compound suitable for summer use can be made from the following ingredients, combined in substantially the proportions n amed-that is to say, Chinese wax, ten parts; Japanese wax, two parts; lard stearine or beef stearine, four parts; tallow,two parts ;cotto11-seed oil,eightytwo parts, a greater proportion of Chinese wax and a less proportion of cotton-seed oil being used for a summer-lard compound than for a winter-lard compound, as in summer greater hardening quality is required, and the proportions stated will result in the production of a lard compound suitable for use in summer-time.

The ingredients, either in the proportions named or otherwise for a Winter-lard compound or in the proportions named or otherwise for a summer-lard compound, are placed in a kettle, preferably steam-jacketed, and heated together and bleached with fullers earth or any other bleaching agent and then filtered and passed into an agitator or into a receptacle containing heaters and the entire mass beaten until it is cooled, after'which it is to be run into suitable receptacles ready for the market.

I am not aware that Chinese wax or Pela wax alone or Japanese wax alone or a compound of both of these Waxes have ever before been used in making lard compounds. The use of these waxes results in the production of a lard compound which is made hard and capable of use either in winter-time or in summer-time by varying the amount of wax employed in connection with the amount of cotton-seed oil employed, and the lard compound containing either Chinese wax or J apanese wax, or both, will be found specially suitable for exportto tropical climates, as it will not become rancid by reason of melting or liquefying.

What I regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A lard compound consisting of Chinese Wax, Japanese wax, stearine, tallow and cotton-seed oil, substantially as specified.

2. A lard compound-consisting of fat solids and an oil and having therein as an ingredient Chinese wax for hardening and increasing the melting-point, substantially as set forth.

3. A lard compound consisting of fat solids and an oil and having therein as ingredients Chinese wax and Japanese wax for increas- 1Eng {he solidifying point, substantially as set ort 1. l 1

7 JOHN GEORGE SCHEINERT.

Witnesses:

W. WILLMAN, H. ROSENBERG. 

